Description
B.A. Banta (Claimant)
Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
SecondaryLead, Zinc, Gold, Silver
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockGranite · Pikes Peak Granite
Associated rockSyenite,Granite · Pikes Peak Granite;Late Lamprophyre Dike
StructureFront Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Mt Rosa Intrusive Center, Ute Pass Fault, Manitou Park Half Graben
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1945
Identification
Deposit ID10013807
MRDS IDD010309
Alternate namesClaims: Mattie B., MS 20501, Abe Lincoln, MS 20501, Trail, MS 20501
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.7439, -104.90973
References
TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS-CASTLE ROCK AREA, FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-857-F.FINLAY, G.I., 1916, DESCRIPTION OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 203.STEVEN, T.A., 1949, GEOLOGY AND FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF THE ST. PETERS DOME DISTRICT, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 15, NO. 6, P. 259-284.PEARL, R.M., 1965, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE: DENVER, SAGE BOOKS, P. 171-180.OVER, EDWIN, JR., 1929, SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES OF EL PASO COUNTY: ROCKS AND MINERALS, V. 4, NO. 4, P. 106-107.STEVEN, 1949